as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
he wasn't very good at ciphering, but he had excellent language skills
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as in calculating
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
were surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total
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According to Bloomberg Intelligence calculations, Netflix would have about $75 billion in debt if the acquisition goes through based on the latest terms, up from about $15 billion now.—
Emily Graffeo,
Fortune,
11 Dec. 2025 -
This hourly calculation may be too high though, since the average worker in the Victorian era probably worked closer to 66-75 hours per week, driving the hourly wage down closer to the Tweet’s calculation.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Nursing home operators argued the state failed to properly account for the medical complexity of residents when calculating those payments, reducing reimbursement for facilities caring for some of the sickest patients.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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Tiny silica beads about 10 microns in diameter are projected at the polymer at about 750 meters per second (over 1,600 miles per hour) with the amount of energy absorbed measured by calculating the change in particle velocity before and after the beads pass through.—
Shirl Leigh
June 10,
New Atlas,
10 June 2026
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The model appears able to do novel mathematics and accurately answer tough medical questions, but my own and other users’ tests also found that the program could not reliably count the number of B’s in blueberry, generate even remotely accurate maps, or do basic arithmetic.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
21 Aug. 2025
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The modular form’s numbers only had to be equivalent in the realm of what’s known as clock arithmetic.—
Joseph Howlett,
Wired News,
27 July 2025
Verb
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Researchers are still figuring this out, but there’s one interesting theory.—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
11 June 2026
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Normally Wednesday would have been Brayan Bello’s turn to take the mound, but with the struggling Red Sox right-hander figuring things out in Triple-A, the club will instead hand the ball to an up-and-coming rookie.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
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Despite fluids’ chaotic math, near-identical whorls and gyres tend to emerge at almost every scale.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
11 June 2026
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Pressure is mounting from more than 1,400 UC professors, and some internal studies show students performing below high school math levels.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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The team believes the approach could provide chip designers with a platform for predicting transistor performance and scaling limits before fabrication begins, potentially shortening development cycles for future AI and high-performance computing chips.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
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Another key challenge is the refresh cycle of computing hardware.—
Sven Bilén,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026
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Micro-channel tech The rapid advancement of high-performance AI chips has created a severe energy crisis for data centers, which require massive amounts of electricity both to power intensive computations and to cool down the resulting heat.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
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Some philosophers argue that computation can’t give rise to consciousness in principle.—
Tharin Pillay,
Time,
15 June 2026
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“Ciphering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ciphering. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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